Social Sciences Division

Combat reporter Alex Quade (1992) embeds with U.S. Special Operations Forces to share their stories. 

Isaac Alhadeff, survivor of two WWII POW camps, became a generous donor to the UW Sephardic Studies Program.

Julia Sears (2012) and Maggie Moore (2012) collaborated with female veterans to create a play about women in combat.

A recent study led by UW Department of Sociology's Victoria Sass found that, on top of impacts on physical health, air pollution also affects mental health. 

Interview with Resat Kasaba, Director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies

UW political scientists Mark Smith is quoted

Google will invest $1 billion over the next five years in organizations helping people adjust to the changing nature of work. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted.

In his speech to an assembly of Nobel Laureates and young scholars the President of the European Central Bank, highlighted Professor Fabio Ghironi’s work on monetary policy.

UW-led study demonstrates how present-day migration statistics can be obtained by the same data that advertisers use to target their audience on Facebook.

Review by Mary Callahan, Associate Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies 

Meet the Department of Communication professor working at the intersection of health, equity and digital literacy.

The Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology (CSDE) at the University of Washington, College of Arts & Sciences announced it received $2.9 million for a five-year grant from the Population Dynamics Branch of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development  (NICHD). 

American Indian Studies professors at the UW weigh in on monuments that celebrate Columbus.

The center has released the first in a series of research memos under an initiative called Human Rights at Home.

Laurie Marhoefer, a historian of Nazi Germany at the UW, gives commentary on the recent controversy over KUOW's interview with a Neo-nazi.